Improved horseshoe-beveller



` l To `all whom tt lmay concern stent @Ww "EPIIRAIII QUINBY, or coMs'rooK', MICHIGAN.

Lettersl PatentNo. 97,811, dated December 14, 1869; antedated December` 1, 1869.

IMPRovED 'HoRsEsHoE-BEVELLER.

4 The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent .and making part of the same.

Be it known that I, EP'HRAIM QUINBY, of Gomstock, in the county of Kalamazoaand State of Michigan, have invented a newand ilnproved Horseshoe- VBeveller, and Ido hereby declare that the following is a `full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters i of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

y The nature of my invention consists in providing a simple device upon which liorseshoes are shaped, in such a manner, after being in other respects completed,

`that thevheelof ,the web of the shoe, from the last nail-hole to the cnlk, is formed with a `bevel inclining outward, so that when fitted to the foot of the horse,

. the tendency 1in process of wearing is to expand the hoof rat-her than contract it, thereby remedying and avoiding the evils of hoof-bound and contracted feet inhorses. v

To enable others skilled in the art' to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construc-4 tion and operation. I I

I construct my beveller out of cast-iron, resembling somewhat in shape the bott-our part .of the hooi' of a horse, as shown in the accompanying drawings at A' B, and suiiciently strong and 'thickto perform the functionsrequired in operating.

`In and about the centre I raise a projection, as -shown at I, in the drawings, around which the shoe lits, after being otherwise iinished, in the operation o? shaping it, ,as hereinafter mentioned, and intended to aid in keeping the shoe in its proper position. f

Around this projectioi'i, as 'above described I con-` struct the rim of they beveller, about theuidth' of the web of theshoe, lasshown lat cjaf, Ste., in the drawings; and at the back part or heel, as labove men tioned, I construct with a bevel inclining outward, and

` of greater or less 'slope or inclinationas the case re.

quires, usually, however, but slightly, as shown at b b', 85e., in the drawings. p y Y This bevel is made to extend from about the last nail-hole in the shoe tothe calli, and its purpose is so` to form the'shoe that, in wearing, the hoof of the horse at the heel will be permitted to `spread and expand rather than contract, as above mentioned.

At the ends of this bevelled rim, as above described,

I out out nooks,as shown at c c', Sac., inthe drawings, tbe object and purpose of Vwhich is to allow the callis of the shoe to 4drop into in the operation of shaping the bevel, afterthe shoe is otherwise finished, and so as to allow of a more perfect bevel-shape at theheel of the shoe than would be effected were not the calks placed in the nooks above described,

At apoint in the centre of' the back or bottom side square pin the desired length, as shown at H, in the drawings, for the purpose of holding the devieeon the anvilrin operating it,as hereinafter mentioned.

I operate n'iy fhorseshoe-beveller7 in the following manner: y v v I place it cnthe anvil, the square lpin above described itting in the handy-hole, securely holding it. Then the shoe being otherwise done, I place it upon the former while hot, being held thereon with' tongs, the calks fitting linto the nooks above'described, and the bevel-shape is given by distinct blows of the hammer, on each side, until the desired shape is produced. What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is` 4 l. Constructing a liorseslioe-forrne1" witha bev clled surface at and near the heel portion, as and for the purposes specified.

2. The improved former herein described. Witnesses: 0'. T. TUTHILL,

WILLIAM BAKER.

EPHRAIM QUINBY; 

